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Tecu salamander



Released							20 March 2024 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Varlamore✓

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Release
Examine							I thought this would be slimier.

Values

Value							200 coins
High alch							120 coins
Low alch							80 coins
Weight							6 kg

Grand Exchange

Exchange							249,716 coins (info)
Buy limit							125
Daily volume							136

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Advanced data

Item ID							28834
Link							MOID

The tecu salamander is the strongest salamander that can be caught using a net trap and the Hunter skill at level 79, granting 344 Hunter experience, which can be found south-east of Ralos' Rise. Catching a matured tecu salamander is rare, as players often receive immature tecu salamanders instead; when an adult is captured, a message in the game chat will state The salamander is fully grown, you could use this as a weapon.

Tecu salamanders require level 80 Attack, Magic, and Ranged to wield. Irit tar is used as ammunition for the salamander. It is the best salamander to use for the two salamander-required Combat Achievements: The Worst Ranged Weapon and More than just a ranged weapon.

Despite being able to perform Magic and Ranged attacks, this weapon requires the user to be in the opponent's melee distance to attack, potentially reducing the practicality of the two attack styles. However, it can be used to attack enemies from behind fences, and can also attack enemies in diagonal squares, meaning that safespotting is still possible.

When using the Scorch (Slash) and Blaze (Magic) attack styles, the attack speed is 5. When using the Flare (Range) attack style, the attack speed is 4, which is similar in concept to the Rapid style of most ranged weapons, and it will use standard^[1] ranged defence, similar to bows.

Warning: This is a live creature; if unprotected it will run away when you die. Should this happen, you will need to buy or catch a new one.

Combat stats


Attack bonuses

+0	+77	+0	+0	+87

Defence bonuses


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+91	+0	+0%	+0	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Scorch	Slash	Aggressive	5 ticks (3.0s)	1 tile	+3 Strength
Flare	Standard	Accurate	4 ticks (2.4s)	1 tile	None
Blaze	Magic	Defensive	5 ticks (3.0s)	1 tile	+3 Defence

Chance to hit

Each attack style uses its own respective attack bonus (Slash, Range, Magic) when calculating a successful hit. Players looking to use two or more attack styles should take care in selecting equipment that does not penalize those attack bonuses.

Maximum hit

For melee mode the strength bonus of the salamander is used, which is 91 (nearly the same as a leaf-bladed battleaxe).

For ranged mode the ranged strength bonus of the tar is used to decide the maximum hit. The tecu salamander uses irit tars which have a ranged strength bonus of 60 (same as dragon arrows).

The maximum hit for magic mode uses the "magic damage bonus" of the salamander. This bonus is not visible in the equipment stats, but is equal to 104 for the tecu salamander. Damage boosting items such as the Slayer helmet (i) and occult necklace can be used to increase the max hit.

The max hit (Hit_max) formula for salamanders is as shown in fig.1, where "Magic" is your visible magic level and "Bonus" is the "magic strength bonus" for the salamander, in this case 104. This gives us the formula for the tecu salamander as shown in fig.2.

The table below shows maximum hits from level 80 to level 125. Like all other magic attacks, the max hit damage can be increased by using magic damage boosting equipment.

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Maximum hit
Level	Base max hit	Prayer used
Level	Base max hit	None
80-81	21	21	21	21	21	21
82-85	22	22	22	22	22	22
86-89	23	23	23	23	23	23
90-93	24	24	24	24	24	24
94-97	25	25	25	25	25	26
98-100	26	26	26	26	26	27
101-104	27	27	27	27	27	28
105-108	28	28	28	28	28	29
109-112	29	29	29	29	29	30
113-116	30	30	30	30	30	31
117-119	31	31	31	31	31	32
120-123	32	32	32	32	32	33
124-125	33	33	33	33	33	34

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
Tecu salamander (Hunter)	79	1	1/1,000

Sound effects

Name	Description	ID
`equip_salamander`	Wielding	732
`salamander_flame`	Attacking, with slash	738
`salamander_blaze`	Attacking, with standard	736
`salamander_scorch`	Attacking, with magic	740
`salamander_belch`	Unused	734
`salamander_blast`	Unused	735

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
1	Kalphite Queen/Strategies (Flinching)

Changes

Date	Changes
23 May 2024 (Update)	A warning message has been added to prevent players from accidentally choosing to release a mature tecu salamander.

Trivia

Salamanders have a unique sound when equipping them.
The tecu salamander may be named after the tegu lizard, which are large reptiles native to south and central America, regions which Varlamore draws many inspirations from.
The design for the tecu salamander was inspired by the eastern collared lizard.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 15 July 2024. Archived from the original on 2 May 2026. Mod Ash: ""standard""

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Salamanders	Swamp lizard ^(creature) Orange salamander ^(creature) Red salamander ^(creature) Black salamander ^(creature) Tecu salamander ^{(creature) • (immature)}
Ammuntion	Guam tar Marrentill tar Tarromin tar Harralander tar Irit tar

Slash weapons

Scimitar

Longsword

Battleaxe

Claws

Halberd

Two-handed sword

Standard	Bronze Iron Steel Black White Mithril Adamant Rune Gilded Dragon ^(cr)
Godswords	Ancient Armadyl ^{(or) (deadman)} Bandos ^(or) Saradomin ^(or) Zamorak ^(or)
Other	Colossal blade Hallowfell Katana Saradomin ^(blessed) Shadow Giant bronze dagger

Other

	Abyssal tentacle ^(or) Abyssal whip ^{(or) (volcanic) (frozen)} Brine sabre Dharok's greataxe Fremennik blade Harry's cutlass Iron sickle Lucky cutlass Salamanders Scythe of vitur ^{(holy) (sanguine)} Silver sickle ^(b) Soulreaper axe ^(o) Sulphur blades Toktz-xil-ek Voidwaker
Demonbane swords	Silverlight Darklight Arclight Emberlight
Quests	Anger battleaxe Anger sword Arkan blade Blurite Cleaver Excalibur Hallowed flail Skewer Spatula Wooden spoon
Castle Wars	Gold decorative Red decorative White decorative

Ranged weapons

Bows

Shortbows	Normal ^(u) Oak ^(u) Willow ^(u) Maple ^(u) Yew ^(u) Magic ^(u) ⁽ⁱ⁾
Longbows	Normal ^(u) Oak ^(u) Willow ^(u) Maple ^(u) Yew ^(u) Magic ^(u)
Composite bows	Willow Ogre Yew Magic
Special bows	Training Rain bow Starter Cursed goblin Signed oak Ogre Bone Seercull Dark ^(bh) Craw's 3rd age Webweaver Crystal Scorching Bow of Faerdhinen ^(c) Venator ^(echo) Twisted

Crossbows

Standard	Normal Bronze Blurite Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune ^(or) Dragon ^(cr)
Ballistae	Light Heavy ^(or) Silvthrill
Special crossbows	Phoenix Dorgeshuun Hunters' Hunters' sunlight Karil's Dragon hunter ^(b) ^(t) Armadyl Zaryte

Thrown

Darts	Bronze Iron Steel Black Mithril Adamant Rune Amethyst Dragon
Throwing knife	Bronze Iron Steel Black Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon
Thrownaxes	Bronze Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon Morrigan's
Chinchompas	Grey Red Black
Blowpipes	Camphor Ironwood Rosewood Toxic
Other	Salamanders Holy water Mud pie Hunter's spear Toktz-xil-ul Eclipse atlatl Tonalztics of Ralos Morrigan's javelin Blisterwood stake

Magic weapons

Staves

	Staff ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Magic ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Bob the Cat ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Iban's ^(u) ^(o) ^(uo) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ White ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Slayer's ^(e) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Twinflame ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Bryophyta's ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Toktz-mej-tal ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Thammaron's (a) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Ahrim's ^(echo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Nightmare ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾ Accursed (a) ⁽⁺²²⁾ Purging ⁽⁺³⁷⁾
Elemental staves	Air ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Water ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Earth ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Fire ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
God staves	Guthix ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Saradomin ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Zamorak ⁽⁺⁶⁾

Battlestaves

Battlestaff ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Air ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹²⁾

Mystic staves

Air ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾

Powered staves

	Starter staff ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Warped sceptre ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Bone staff ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾ Thammaron's sceptre ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Trident of the seas ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Accursed sceptre ⁽⁺²²⁾ Trident of the swamp ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Sanguinesti staff ^(holy) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Dawnbringer ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Eye of ayak ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Tumeken's shadow ⁽⁺³⁵⁾
The Gauntlet	Crystal staff (basic) ⁽⁺⁸⁴⁾ Crystal staff (attuned) ⁽⁺¹²⁸⁾ Crystal staff (perfected) ⁽⁺¹⁸⁴⁾

Bladed staves

Staff of the dead ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of light ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of balance ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Toxic staff of the dead ⁽⁺²⁵⁾
Blue moon ⁽⁺³⁰⁾

Wands

Beginner ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Apprentice ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Teacher ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Dragon hunter ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾
Master ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
3rd age ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
Kodai ⁽⁺²⁸⁾

Croziers

Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Armadyl ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Bandos ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Guthix ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Saradomin ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Zamorak ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾

Other

Cursed goblin staff ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Salamanders ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Rod of ivandis ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ivandis flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Blisterwood flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Void knight mace ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Dramen ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Skull sceptre ⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Lunar ⁽⁺¹³⁾
Ancient sceptre _{(smoke) (shadow) (blood) (ice)} ⁽⁺²⁰⁾

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